Friday, February 6th, 2009
There was a fresh snowfall yesterday morning, but not so much as to stop me from jumping in the car and making the daily commute. Sadly, the weather north of the M25 had different ideas about my getting to work. The snowfall wasn't great, but combined with the ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Interesting sights in the past couple of months whilst commuting:
A lorry overturned on to its side on the roundabout, stopping all through traffic;
A car on its roof on a bypass early in the morning, with a police car stopping anyone driving in to it;
A car on fire on the motorway ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
The new extra lane on the M1 has been opened both north- and southbound for the northern half of the expansion project. What a difference it has made! Before this morning, I have never seen southbound commuter traffic moving at anything less than a crawl for a few ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
I went to an off-site training seminar yesterday, on the basics of vibration shaker testing. It turned out to be a little too basic overall, but there were a few moments that were of interest, and I got to see the phallic student digs of Loughborough university again.
To get ...
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